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A gay boy in El Paso who is Dante’s kissing partner. He and Dante meet at the drugstore where they both work. Though Dante insists to Ari that Daniel is attractive and nice, Ari finds Daniel a despicable and cowardly person—he ran when Julian and his cronies tried to attack him and Dante, and he didn’t try to visit Dante in the hospital or make sure he was okay. Dante eventually comes to agree with Ari.
Daniel Quotes in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe quotes below are all either spoken by Daniel or refer to Daniel. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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Part Six, Chapter Four Quotes
Sometimes, you do things and you do them not because you’re thinking but because you’re feeling. Because you’re feeling too much. And you can’t always control the things you do when you’re feeling too much. Maybe the difference between being a boy and being a man is that boys couldn’t control the awful things they sometimes felt. And men could. That afternoon, I was just a boy. Not even close to being a man.
I was a boy. A boy who went crazy. Crazy, crazy.
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Daniel Character Timeline in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe
The timeline below shows where the character Daniel appears in Aristotle and Dante Discover the Secrets of the Universe. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part Five, Chapter Ten
...joints. They laugh that they’re bad boys now. Dante says he got the joints from Daniel, a guy he works with who might like him. Dante isn’t sure he wants to...
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Part Six, Chapter Four
...not at all a man. Ari drives to the drugstore where Dante works and finds Daniel. He introduces himself and tells Daniel to take a break and meet him outside. Ari...
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Ari wants to beat Daniel, but instead asks who jumped them. Daniel is concerned that Ari is going to tell...
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Part Six, Chapter Thirteen
Dante asks if it bothers Ari that he was kissing Daniel. Ari says that he thinks Daniel is an awful person. Ari wouldn’t have left Dante....
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Part Six, Chapter Sixteen
...opens the door and says that Dante is doing better. He hesitates and says that Daniel is over right now. Noticing the look on Ari’s face, Sam says that Ari must...
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Part Six, Chapter Seventeen
...was upset. Ari deflects, but says that he just wasn’t in the mood to see Daniel and he doesn’t like him. Dante invites Ari to a party later with him and...
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Part Six, Chapter Eighteen
...He says it’s clear that Dante loves Ari, but Ari says that Dante is into Daniel, not him. Dad says that the bigger problem is that Ari is in love with...
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Part Six, Chapter Nineteen
Ari calls Dante. Dante is angry and refuses to say much about Daniel except that he’s self-involved, conceited, and not smart. Ari says that they can talk about...
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